Has anything like this ever happened in one of your D & D games?

Consider, then, games with rising stakes.
Let’s look at traditional poker first. A gambling game, yes, and one where you can count on the wagers to rise as the game goes on. Why? Because as the first players lose out, the winners have that much more money to play with, and can make use of bigger bets as [...]

Ah those care free days of Convention Gaming. Such good memories of carnage and death. Unlike campigns there is continuity to maintain so it can and should become a rampant kill fest. Aslo MC Frontlot has a new album. Go buy it.

In which MetalJim plums the hidden depths of the role-playing mind…

I love the D&D system but there are a few things about it that tweak me off. Like everyone else I am not fond of the hit point system but at least I understand its place in the action genre (see Die Hard.) What has been annoying me lately is the experience point system.

You find a wallet containing $50 in cash and a driver’s license. What do you do with it?

Just an old dog trying to learn a few new tricks.

Catchin’ up with the slackin’ off…

Last UBCon I picked up Fantasy Flight Games’ Arkham Horror board game. After a week or so, and a couple of false starts I got a chance to play a full game of it. It was awesome.

The D&D game has recently gone through several revisions to the Core Rules, supplement material, and splatbooks. But are the supplements really worth the effort getting if you haven’t even used all the options provided in the Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, or Monster Manual? Also, is D&D trying to go completely digital (i.e. paperless)?

In which MetalJim makes some highly educated guesses about the future of Dungeons and Dragons.